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THE UMBELLATE FAMILY. 



V\Nv\\a 



In moist woods, and marshy places, 

 especially near streams, throughout 

 Europe and Russian Asia to the Arctic 

 regions. Abundant in Britain. Fl. 

 late in summer. 



The garden Angelica (A. Archan- 

 gelica, Eng. Bot. t. 2561), a native of 

 northern and eastern Europe, long 

 cultivated for confectionery, is not 

 wild in Britain. 



Fig. 427. 



XXV, FEUCEDAN. PEUCEDANUM. 



Leaves dissected. Umbels compound, with partial involucres of 

 many bracts. Petals w 7 hite or yellowish, entire or notched, with an 

 inflected point. Fruit flattened from front to back ; the calycine teeth 

 very small or indistinct. Carpels broad, with 3 prominent ribs on the 

 back, the edges expanded into a wing, those of the two carpels so close 

 as to form a single edge to the fruit before the carpels separate. Vittas 

 single under the furrows. 



A large genus, widely spread over Europe, Asia, and North America, 

 scarcely differing from Heracleum except in the more evident ribs of 

 the carpels, the more slender vittas, and generally in habit. 



Segments of the leaves narrow oblong or linear. 



Leaves several times ternate. Flowers yellowish . . . . 1. Sea P. 



Leaves twice or three times pinnate. Flowers white ... 2. Marsh P. 

 Leaves of 3 broad segments, each 3 inches long, and often 



3-lobed 3. Broad P. 



The Dillseed (Anethum graveolens), often cultivated as a condiment, 

 has the fruit of a Feucedan with the fine leaves of a Fennel. 



1. Sea Peucedan. Peucedanum officinale, Linn. (Eig. 428.) 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 1767. Hogs Fennel or Sulphur -weed.) 

 A glabrous perennial, w r ith erect, branching stems, 2 or even 3 feet 



